Winsted

WINSTED — Friends of Main Street’s annual summer concert series kicked off with a concert by the Zolla Boys at Soldiers’ Monument on Thursday, July 6.
Residents packed the park around the monument for the concert.
It was the second year in a row that The Zolla Boys kicked off the concert series.
The band played a combination of originals and cover songs by artists such as Woody Guthrie and Simon and Garfunkel.

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WINSTED — Congressman John Larson (D-1) spoke to an audience of more than 100 people at the Licia and Mason Beekley Community Library at a town hall-style meeting on Thursday, July 6.
The primary subject of the meeting was the continued debate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, in Congress.
One of President Donald J. Trump’s (R) campaign promises when he was running in 2016 was to replace the ACA with a new health care system.
In May, the House of Representatives passed a measure to repeal and replace the ACA.

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WINSTED — State Rep. Jay Case (R-63) spoke about the state’s budget woes at his discussion at the Winsted Senior Center on Thursday, July 6.
Fifteen residents attended the event and talked to Case about funding issues for programs, area transportation issues and community resources.
The official legislative session ended on June 7, and despite a special session, lawmakers failed to adopt an official biennial budget.

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WINSTED — After several years of planning, construction on Northwestern Connecticut Community College’s (NCCC) Joyner Health Science Center, will be ready to open on Tuesday, Aug. 29, according to college President Michael Rooke.
Rooke said a ribbon cutting ceremony is tentatively scheduled for Sept. 12.
The building will house NCCC’s Allied Health programs starting in the fall semester.
Plans for the center have been in place since 2008, when NCCC received a $4 million donation.

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WINSTED — The nonprofit Highland Lake Watershed Association (HLWA) held its13th annual benefit, An Evening on Highland Lake, on Saturday, July 8, at the home of Matt and Joanne Smith, featuring wine and beer tasting by the Ledgebrook Spirit Shop, food from several local restaurants and live music.
During portions of the event heavy rain fell.
Despite the foul weather, attendees all gathered around under a canopy in the Smith’s yard and enjoyed the event.

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WINSTED — The Winsted Elks Lodge, in conjunction with Safe Kids Litchfield County and the Torrington Fire Department, held their Safe Kids Day event on Saturday, June 24.
At the event, members of the Elks Lodge and the fire department inspected and installed child car seats and inspected children’s bicycle helmets.
The members also gave out free seats and helmets to those who needed replacements.

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WINSTED — The Beardsley and Memorial Library held its annual summer reading program kickoff event on Saturday, June 24.
Children’s Department librarian Carol Parent said that the program is being held in collaboration with Winchester, Colebrook and Barkhamsted school districts.

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WINSTED — The state’s Department of Education, on behalf of the Winchester School District, signed a contract between the district and new Superintendent Melony Brady-Shanley on Tuesday, June 27.
Brady-Shanley, a West Hartland resident, was officially named the district’s new superintendent at a public informational meeting of the Board of Education on May 25.

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WINSTED — Mad River Market Co-op Secretary and Economic Development Commission Chairman Phillip Allen discussed the status of the Mad River Market at The Winsted Senior Center on Thursday, June 29.
Allen spoke to more than 50 attendees at the discussion, with a large majority of the audience senior citizens.
The market formed in April in light of the closing of the Winsted Super Saver IGA grocery store, located at 372 Main St.Location possibilities

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WINSTED — Educated Canines Assisting with Disabilities (ECAD) held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new facility on Thursday, June 29.
The new facility is being built at ECAD’s existing campus on 149 Newfield Rd.
The facility was approved by the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission more than a year ago.
The property itself has been owned by ECAD since 2003.
The nonprofit organization 501(c)(3) is operated by Executive Director Dale Picard and Director of Programs Lu Picard.

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